Workhouse Sentences for Sheffield Assailants
In Warren a short court session, led by President Judge D. A. Arird, sentenced three Sheffield men to two years in the Allegheny workhouse and others to jail terms for assaulting Andy Swanson of Sheffield on December 11. Mihalko and Cleaver face two years and $100 fines plus restitution. John Mihalko gets one year and six months plus $100 and restitution. Mekuta and Larson plead guilty to liquor law violations and receive fines, costs, and county jail time.
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John Mihalko
Ase
Sheffield
Commonweath
Allegheny
Hu Mekuta
Pete Larson
Hahn
Warren
Harry Jefferson
Sheffeld
Justice of the Peace
Clark B. Nelson
Mekuta
Larson
Grand Master of Pa. Masons Installed
J Willison Smith of Philadelphia was installed as grand master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Masons at the annual communications. Officers named include Deputy Grand Master William B Snyder of Harrisburg Senior Grand Warden Benjamin Page of Pittsburgh Junior Grand Warden Otto Heligman of Philadelphia Grand Treasurer Charles B Roberts and Grand Secretary John A Perry. Autotmobile fatalities in Philadelphia in 1927 totaled 315 with October highest and February lowest.
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Uniteacress
Philadelphia
J. Willison Smith
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Masons
William 8. Snyder
Harrisburg
Benjamin Page
Finsburgh
Otto Heligman
Charles B. Roberts
John A. Perry
Dioxel tablets touted as liver aid in odd health pitch
A drug marketing piece claims low blood pressure and dizzy spells signal liver problems and touts ox gall as a remedy. It promotes Dioxel tablets claiming each tablet equals 10 drops of pure ox gall and urges readers to buy from druggists at under two cents each.
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Teig
Findley Hard Hit by Storm
The Findley Lake snowstorms reach two feet on level roads hindering motor travel. John Rogers of Little Carry commutes daily yet is halted by drifts. Pittsburgh men, stopped near Charlotte Inn, left their car and walked to a nearby hotel. Local roads remain passable only with effort.
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Findley Lake
John Rogers
Little Carry
Carry
Pittsburgh
Speedometer Inventor Alfred G. Stewart Dies in Pasadena
Alfred G. Stewart, born in Titusville and son of Lyman Stewart founder of Union Oil, died at his Pasadena home on December 18 at 53 after a brief illness from pneumonia. An automotive inventor, he created the Stewart speedometer and carburetor and contributed to numerous vehicle devices. He built early racing cars and ran a Los Angeles factory until 15 years ago, then kept a Pasadena laboratory working on new inventions.
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Titusville
Alfred G. Stewart
Pasadena
Gal
Lyman Stewart
Soman
Union Oil Company
California
Stewart
Los Angeles
Boy Beaten by Youthful Gang in Pittsburgh
Walter Zogran a 14 year old from Homestead was beaten by Andrew Boochoo 11 and George Hamrock 12 with an iron bar after allegedly tipping police about a gang member in an unidentified murder case. Zogran remains in hospital as attackers are released. New Castle also reports Democratic mayor Gillespie and four Republican councilmen to be sworn in next Monday.
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United Press
Bittsburgh
Liberty
Walter Zogran
Homestead
Andrew Boochoo
George Hamrock
Zogran
Alvin Heys
New Castle
William
Gillespie
Bank President John Fuihs Dies After Illness
John Fuihs aged 44, who started as a messenger at Dollar Sayings & Trust Co. 27 years ago and advanced to bank president, died at home today after a ten day illness. Pittsburgh scene notes the long career and sudden passing.
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Pittsburgh
John Fuihs
Dollar Sayings & Trust Co
Child Coaster Drowned In Creek After Sled Run
In Jamestown December 28 a 9 year old boy named James Angelone drowned after coasting from Steele Street down a bank toward the Chana kola river near the municipal lighting plant. Police searched with grappling hooks and underwater lights until 10 p.m. but found nothing. A younger boy escaped when he rolled off the sled before reaching the water.
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Jamestown
Chanakola
James Angelone
Steele Street
Charles Arnone
Stegle Street
Angelone
Lindy's Mother Enroute Home After Christmas Reunion
Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh began her return from Mexico City to the United States aboard the Ford-Stout airplane that flew her to a Christmas reunion with Col Charles A Lindbergh. The party left Valeuna Field at 6 56 AM Mexican Time with two escort planes, aiming for Tampico as the first stop on the journey to Detroit by Friday night.
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United Press
Valeuena
Mexico City
Guatemala City
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
United States
Ford-Stout
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh
An Alabama Explanation If politics rakes strange bedfellows
A concise meditation on Alabama politics noting unexpected alliances born from a shared appeal to practical realism. The piece highlights how coalition dynamics emerge when traditional lines blur in public life.
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Alabama
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